Rihanna to perform “California King Bed” at CMA 2011

As the country music industry ramps up for the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday, April 3rd, RyanSeacrest.com can exclusively reveal that Rihanna will perform a new song on the show with Sugarland frontwoman Jennifer Nettles. The song, “California King Bed” is from Rihanna’s fifth studio album Loud which has gone platinum in the U.S. and climbed to the top of the charts in countries around the world. Other performers at the 46th annual ACMs include Jason Aldean, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban, Alabama, Dierks Bentley, Ronnie Dunn, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Reba, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood and Zac Brown Band with James Taylor. The ACMs will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, on Sunday, April 3 at 8/7c on CBS. Listen to the studio version of Rihanna’s “California King Bed” below!